Suzi Stern's Musings on Life, Music and upcoming events

It's been a long time since I've reached out to my wonderful friends and fans, and I felt this would be a perfect time to send you all a wish for a joyous holiday season and a prayer that we will not only find our way through 2025, but flourish. No matter what is going on in the world it can only help to continue sharing art, music and creative outpourings of love.

Now that the winter solstice has passed the days will gradually get longer and we can observe the shadows of winter slowly changing inch by inch as they cast sharp angles of the trees silhouettes across our snowy lawn. We had a beautiful snow fall last night making the Berkshires sparkle in the sunlight today.

I'm currently working on a new recording project. I'm taking my time so it won't come to fruition until sometime in 2025, but here are two of the tracks from the bigger project. A little holiday present. These two compositions are by pianist composer Richie Beirach with my lyrics.

I hope you'll enjoy them, and if you're interested I have some of the highlights from 2024 below...like a travel log!!

Our year has been a full one! Here are some high lights below to peruse!

In Feb George and I went to Austin to gig with GATO6 at the Elephant Room, celebrating George's 70th! Yikes!

We had the chance to hang with so many dear old friends that week:

L to R. Val Unger Visiting from Fort Worth) Estrella Acosta (visiting from Amsterdam) Paul Unger (ft. Worth) Peggy Bates (Seattle) Arjen Goeter (Amsterdam) and me after the Brad Mehldau concert.

I went back to Austin in March to help my girl Ariana Blue get through jaw surgery so I was in Austin for an entire month. She came through with flying colors! After nurse duties relaxed I did some gigs and a highlight was an afternoon with Peggy Stern and John Steinman.

I ran into Peggy again at the viewing of the total eclipse! We had a perfect view!

Myla, Peggy and Will in back and Troy and Ari in front!

A joyful surprise was meeting up with my son René in Austin!

Troy and Ari...

In June Ari flew up to Massachusetts to celebrate my 70th....another "yikes!!" We took a whale watching ride in Boston. Whales are remarkable!

In June I flew to the Pacific NW to celebrate another big BD...my grandson turned 6!! We shot off a rocket together.

In July Brenda and Clif flew up to The Berkshires.

We went to Tanglewood of course

Here is Renee Flemming

In early August my dearest friends flew to the Berkshires from Austin and Seattle to celebrate my big birthday belated! Martha Mefferd, Ann Beeson and Robert Kimsey, Peggie Bates I love you all so dearly!! Unfortunately I got Covid which cut our visit time short but we still managed to have a blast!

In mid August George and I had some amazing musical journeys together. George and I went to Budapest to record more of his iconic Wing Commander Music recorded by a 90 piece symphony orchestra.

George congratulating the orchestra on a job well done...

George in the studio...

My dear friend Maj flew from Stockholm to Budapest to meet us...it was great hanging out with her there!

Maj relaxing...

On the stairs of Castle Hill

While we were overseas we visited our friends Jojo and Alan Cooke in Sauve France which is an incredible medieval village they live in not far from Montpellier. Jojo and Alan have an amazing, very old, beautiful warm home and they were the best hosts.

We jammed with artist and famed cartoonist R. Crumb!!

Then we spent time with Paul Johnson and Be a in Paris before flying back to the states:

Back home in early Sept...

....we hosted a beautiful concert with Jazz Guitarist John Stowell.

October highlights! Headed to Salt Lake to record the choir for George's Wing Commander Project. In flight we saw the Northern Lights from the air!! It was amazing!